tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post8243824433424331295..comments2024-03-14T02:22:26.957+00:00Comments on Point of No Return: Jewish Refugees from Arab and Muslim Countries: Struma commemoration masks alarming antisemitismUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-75270125216391075492016-03-17T22:51:03.869+00:002016-03-17T22:51:03.869+00:00Here's a bit more about what happpened: The Tu...Here's a bit more about what happpened: The Turks towed the ship into the Black Sea where the ship was allowed to drift helplessly. After it sank no effort was made to rescue the survivors. Only one man survived, David Stoliar, who died in 2014. He was detained for many weeks after he came ashore.So the Turks could be said to be somewhat complicit in the tragedy.bataweenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15829104245735619972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-54986708982494663102016-03-17T19:59:05.736+00:002016-03-17T19:59:05.736+00:00Apparently the Turks cut the ship's ropesApparently the Turks cut the ship's ropesbataweenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15829104245735619972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-70127810125173345532016-03-17T19:32:59.252+00:002016-03-17T19:32:59.252+00:00"...Turkey's sinking of the Struma ...&qu..."...Turkey's sinking of the Struma ..."<br /><br />The Struma was sunk by a torpedo fired from a Soviet submarine. It is not clear what motivated the Soviets to do this. There were standing orders to the Soviet Navy in the Black Sea to sink ships that might be hostile but the Struma hardly qualified to be put in that category. It is more likely that the sinking was carried out by the Soviets at the request of the British authorities.Bennoreply@blogger.com